Empati vs Lov og Rett

Dommere skal altid være objektive, Når man som Sotomayor begynner å blande empatien sin inn i rettsavgjørelsen får vi ikke lenger objektive dommer eller dommere, men subjektive dommere og subjektive dommer. Dette vil si at man ikke lenger kan med sikkerhet vite hva man vil bli dømt for eller hvorfor, fordi dette avhenger av hver enkelt dommer og hvilke følelser denne dommeren har angående saken og deg selv.

Dette er slutten på ett rettsystem og en rettsstat. Og det å si at en dommer med spanske røtter og/eller katolsk bakgrunn er bedre til å dømme andre med spanske røtter og/eller katolsk bakgrunn, er latterlig loven er lik for alle uansett farge eller bakgrunn.

Obamas valg av dommere basert på deres empatier, er en korrupsjon av alt som er rett. (A corruption of the very meaning and essence of Justice.) Synes det er enklere å forklare hva jeg mener på engelsk enn norsk .

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5546

"Out of Context", Part 1 -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor's "Empathy"
by Thomas Sowell (June 1, 2009)
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that he "loathed" many of the people in whose favor he voted on the Supreme Court. Obviously, he had feelings. But he also had the good sense and integrity to rule on the basis of the law, not his feelings.

Laws are made for the benefit of the citizens, not for the self-indulgences of judges. Making excuses for such self-indulgences and calling them "inevitable" is part of the cleverness that has eroded the rule of law and undermined respect for the law.
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5545

"Out of Context", Part 2 -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor and Rush Limbaugh
by Thomas Sowell (June 2, 2009)
Sonia Sotomayor has, in both her words and in her decision as a judge to dismiss out of hand the appeal of white firefighters who had been discriminated against, betrayed a racism that is no less racism because it is directed against different people than the old racism of the past.

The code word for the new racism is "diversity." The Constitution of the United States says nothing about diversity and the Constitution is what a judge is supposed to pay attention to, not the prevailing buzzwords of the times.

What the Constitution says is "equal protection of the laws" for all Americans-- and that is not taken out of context. People have put their lives on the line to make those words a reality. Now all of that is to be made to vanish into thin air by saying the magic word "diversity."